Pres. Biden Awards Sec. General Stoltenberg With The Presidential Medal Of Freedom At NATO Summit

President Joe Biden concluded his remarks at the 2024 NATO Summit by awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
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[@vlad6594]

0:59 you're here for that exact moment

[@o7raven]

Did anyone else catch what he said at 1:01?!

[@strangelylookingperson]

😂😂😂😂

[@wittenberg5]

someone pointed out he said "I was talking to your wife. I personally asked her to extend your service. Forgive me."

[@ThroughMyEyes2020]

Listen to the audience they heard the same😂

[@lenaveil3711]

@@ThroughMyEyes2020 talked in your wife (persuaded her ) to let Stoltenberg to extend (prolong) his service.

[@PaintedSkyDweller]

@@o7raven complete cornball gibberish

[@wittenberg5]

0:58 What did Biden say here?

[@RationalSaneThinker]

"I was talking to your wife. I personally asked her to extend your service. Forgive me."

[@wittenberg5]

​@@RationalSaneThinker Thanks. It really did sound like he was using the f word at first. hahaha

[@saralgupta5250]

@@RationalSaneThinkersounded different than that.

[@ThroughMyEyes2020]

It was the F word which is why the audience gasps and biden says forgive me😂

[@teachpeace5057]

​@RationalSaneThinker yes, exactly what I heard.

[@casadifrasca]

what did he do to his wife??

[@yellyman5483]

Well deserved to Jens Stoltenberg. Congratulations.

[@pindapoy1596]

@yellyman5483 Well deserved for what??? For the 600 thousand Ukr soldiers that lost their lives for nothing?

[@yellyman5483]

@@pindapoy1596 Russia invaded Ukraine. You should be pointing your finger at Putin. Stoltenberg has been standing up to Putin. NATO will crush Russia if they try to mess with us. Ukraine is also on it`s way to become a full member of NATO.

[@Cazador60140]

​@@pindapoy1596 Lets carry this NAT membership quest for another 4 years it will create direct and indirect jobs and bring peace , stability and freedom in the region

[@pindapoy1596]

@@Cazador60140 Your irony and sense of humor are deeply appreciated

[@deathsshadow2967]

😂another russian bot ​@@pindapoy1596

[@dannys_rockmetal4865]

1:47 He starts doing another Ron Burgundy!🤣😂🤣

[@yellyman5483]

He is awarding the medal of freedom to the head of NATO, and that`s all you have got?? Are you a russian bot or something?

[@paulahiggins4467]

Ask the military to come forward 🤣.

[@dannys_rockmetal4865]

@@paulahiggins4467 I know right? This guy can't make it through a speech, even with a teleprompter!🤣😂🤣

[@freddymitchell7598]

Anyone know the name of the tune played after the ceremony?

[@dkhan88942]

"I personally ask you to extend your service" and he was not even looking at the guy. He was looking at the Teleprompter.

[@YeahIsaidit5000]

“ I realize … it’s f’ing your wife” then the “forgive me” and the crowds “AHHH” is priceless

[@ThroughMyEyes2020]

At this point i think the democrats are sabotaging him via teleprompter😂

[@johnmcentegart007]

Stoltenberg should be ashamed of himself. Unapologetic and spineless.

[@paulahiggins4467]

He started reading instructions of the teleprompter again😅😅😅 what a clown!

[@AnonymousUser-tp6ij]

"Its a big club, and you aint in it. You and I are not in the big club."

[@pindapoy1596]

@AnonymousUser-tp6ij Start by writing a few books against the Russians. You may have a chance.

[@ronnyvonallmen6892]

Why?…

[@diIbert]

Next Bibi might as well complete the 💩 show

[@cherylknight6080]

Wow he didn’t put it on backwards like the last one!🤣🤣🤣and didn’t just walk away! What’s he jacked up on to make him yell like Hitler??!!!

[@Ms_Ve]

Well deserved. Thank you Jens ❤

[@pindapoy1596]

@Ms_Ve I am copying a previous post just in case it gets censored: Well deserved for what??? For the 600 thousand Ukr soldiers that lost their lives for nothing?

[@ollierkul]

​@@pindapoy1596 Stop copy pasting this bs everywhere, bot

[@pindapoy1596]

@@ollierkul Calm down. Nordic people do not lose their temper. Any idea from where I could have copied all this? Because I do not know myself. Incidntally? What do you know about Norway's long hand in destroying Nordstream. Can you copy/paste some information and denials?

[@ollierkul]

@@pindapoy1596 Sure bud. How about you start by backing up your claims. Because I have a very strong feeling you are getting total number of casualties on both sides mixed up with dead ukranian soldiers. Two very different metrics. And how you can think Stoltenberg, one of the strongest opposers of the war and Putin, to be responsible is beyond me.

[@pindapoy1596]

@@ollierkul The amount of Ukr casualties have been examined by the BBC (that will reassure you since they are anti Russian). They used satellite imagines to determine the surface of military cemeteries in Ukr and deducted by simple mathematics (m2/grave) what the number of casualties had to be. I also remember that another independent organization worked with the BBC on that. Stoltenberg will be opposed to the war the day Russia is dismantled and the pirates of the West can claim their parts. You must also remember that for about 18 month after the war started, the US president recited "for as long as it takes" and if Stoltenberg had been really a man of piece, that slogan would have been rejected. And with the anti Putin propaganda having reached the childish levels it has (high fuel prices, inflation, cliate change,political interference in favor of Trump, etc) all because of devil Putin, I would rather not discuss Putin/Russia's guilt in the planet misfortunes.

[@BeegirlsHoneyHouse]

Troll farm is working hard today‼️👿🐂💩🗑️

[@pan2aja]

Hardly working .. the jokes write itself 😅

[@amonamarth6616]

Mirror Mirror!!

[@domerame5913]

Our enemies love watching our media and contributes a large part of their ad revenue nobody ever said they were smart

[@amonamarth6616]

@@domerame5913 Thats right! USA has a brainless president!

[@user-kg9lj1xk2l]

did not understand half the things he said.

[@dailyorangepill3338]

at 0:54 tourette syndrome too? Lol

[@robinburns1639]

💙🎉

[@anneshaw1183]

Do it without the teleprompter, Joe.

[@PaintedSkyDweller]

Trying to to look patriotic as the walls are tumbling down 🏰

[@chrisck3405]

That is a nice piece of dog tag. Good dog!

[@wOO6er]

DOLBOYOB

[@robertmallon4794]

00:59

[@DeeCook-ir2ny]

Let's Go Brandon...

[@BharatAtos-sc3ng]

Ken’s stolenburg poor scapegoat of NATO 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@robinclark9805]

I'm sure joe is reading from the teleprompters!!😮

[@f0xygem]

Today, President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg. What's a Trump trump do? His usual? Play golf and do a lot of whining?

[@robertlaflin7984]

Two people with the blood of 600000 dead ukrainians on their hands...hanging medals???😢

[@pindapoy1596]

@robertlaflin7984 RIGHT: @yellyman5483 7 hours ago Well deserved to Jens Stoltenberg. Congratulations. @pindapoy1596 0 seconds ago @yellyman5483 Well deserved for what??? For the 600 thousand Ukr soldiers that lost their lives for nothing?

[@richardhampton4382]

This guy would award Mickey Mouse if he was in the room !!!!

[@yellyman5483]

Jens Stoltenberg was the Prime Minister of Norway for 10 years, and has been running NATO for another 10 years. He is a fantastic man. How can you compare him to Mickey Mouse? That is so disrespectful.

[@woxiangchi]

​@@yellyman5483indeed. comparing that piece of 💩 to Mickey is very disrespectful for Mickey

[@yellyman5483]

@@woxiangchi Russian bot??

[@lisatavares7189]

@@woxiangchi you are right! Mickey Mouse is more important than any warmonger

[@MM223Official]

Lmao 🤣😭😭😭😭 BIDEN 2024

[@arealtaxcut]

Congratulations Stoltenberg! Totally deserves this honor!

[@amonamarth6616]

😂😂😂😂 master of puppets!!

[@pindapoy1596]

@arealtaxcut: The 600thousand dead Ukr. soldiers salute you. Totally deserves this honor!

[@jenni0278]

What a f'ing joke!

[@Savignylol]

?

[@css1323]

Grow up

[@AdamWaffen]

Don’t have to indulge you. The jokes .. just keep telling themselves.

[@martayking8694]

teleprompters on his left and right can be seen at 0:35

[@css1323]

Wow, nice observation there, little guy! Even your idol Trump uses them, too. They’re quite handy!

[@martayking8694]

@@css1323 Sorry peewee, your wrong Trump rarely uses one

[@invisible-zt8xh]

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[@pindapoy1596]

@invisible-zt8xh Andfighting for a lost cause since old times

[@Will_Schrank]

This is supposed to be the highest civilian award presented to an AMERICAN CITIZEN, not to a Norwegian politician.

[@filipmijac9328]

You don’t have to be a citizen to receive the award

[@Will_Schrank]

@@filipmijac9328 I understand the President can give it to whomever he chooses, but in my opinion it’s an insult to the American people to award it to someone other than an American citizen. But, it’s not at all surprising; the entire Biden presidency is an insult to the American people in my view.

[@Ken-Morten]

​@@Will_Schrankwhy you choose to be insulted by that ?

[@BexRanner]

Non-Americans have been getting them since the 1960s

[@user-sk2hc9lm9r]

Warmonger gives badge to other warmomger

[@dkhan88942]

Teleprompter Joe

[@sabaha4637]

AI Joe not real

[@css1323]

Trump uses them, too. Are you mentally ok?

[@jonathanstuart7289]

Mumble Joe has no idea what he's saying 😂

[@marlysmithsonian5746]

He was obviously very drugged up and the drugs were wearing off. I'm not kidding.

[@WakeUp701]

Sleepy Joe 😴🧟‍♂️🐀🎪 🗣🫣😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-sk2hc9lm9r]

Give the Warmonger a badge

[@sirgalaga6577]

Well spoken Jose 🎉

[@yantomanuel6919]

shouty joe is juiced up again.

[@woxiangchi]

Fascists

[@DanDongsi-ud4fu]

Liked or not, Donald Trump is UNFIT to be a human being.🍷👍😎

[@lisaandersson5450]

What kind of a statement is that..? I only see peace in Trump and war in Democrats. Bidens are so corrupt...

[@Cazador60140]

Mommy mommy I am wearing my Nazi gorget Jens : I am so proud of you , you definitely are stronger , smarter now

[@user-dx6ko7ot8e]

Bideninski is on a roll

[@MurderElite]

I feel like this was appropriate, Nato is essentially an extension of the U.S armed forces we run it and have complete control over it.

[@PaintedSkyDweller]

Remember obummer receiving the Nobel Award??? 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

[@f0xygem]

Spoken like a true Re-PUBIC-an!

[@wittenberg5]

President Obama

[@53merlin]

Traitor Joe

[@user-pp6hm3dy7m]

😡😡😡

[@SC-bc2yh]

Just like someone who rewards one’s dog

[@Hephzibah2024]

Who agrees with this?

[@yellyman5483]

There`s a lot of clowns in this comments section. The President of the United States is awarding the Medal of Freedom to the head of NATO, and people make fun of both NATO and the President? Its disrespectful.

[@pindapoy1596]

@yellyman5483 Respect is won not awarded nor decorated.

[@yellyman5483]

@@pindapoy1596 Jens Stoltenberg has earned this award. He has done a fantastic job with NATO for 10 years. He stood up to Putin, and he has expanded NATO with two more countries. Before that he was the Prime Minister of Norway for 10 years and did a wonderful job there.

[@pindapoy1596]

@@yellyman5483 1) He has done a fantastic job with NATO for 10 years. What are the fantastic things he did??? 2) He stood up to Putin From the comfort of his office writing speeches. I can do that too. 3) He has expanded NATO with two more countries. Finland and Sweden people claim that they were railroaded not consulted. 4) Before that he was the Prime Minister of Norway for 10 years and did a wonderful job there. Can you tell us what wonderful things he achieved for the Norwegian people?

[@bradcolby1]

Bravo President Biden and Secretary Stoltenberg 🇳🇴🤝🇺🇸

[@pindapoy1596]

@bradcolby1 botcolby1 ????

[@henryamfo3387]

Leader of the free world POTUS

[@SorminaEriana]

NATO's No Action Talk Only, NATO didn't allow Ukraine to counter-offense Russia territorial just defending every single time even dozens drones and or hypersonic attacks of Russia to Ukraine siuvereignty, Ukraine must defend, money as compensatition will be gotten by Zelenski on behalf Ukraine peoples. Zelenski is richest day by day, and Ukraine peoples is as sacrifices

[@natb5662]

You’re not ok, consult someone who lives in reality

[@datchickshortyrock]

Anyone in America seeing the ISRAELI FLAG for part of this speech instead of the AMERICAN FLAG?!

[@user-tv7un4bt9e]

Wow remove the teleprompters let Biden speak for himself please What a joke

[@denniswest5838]

Yet his country refuses to pay NATO

[@tonywilliams2489]

Donald Trump can't even read on the teleprompter, good job Mr. President. 🎉

[@lovematters7122]

OUTSTANDING JOB MR. PRESIDENT!!! JOE BIDEN 2024!!!🇺🇸✝️💙🕊️

[@eamonnwest244]

Only the US Awards murderers with the medal of freedom?? Stoltenberg has been at the forefront of European wars? He has blood on his hands? But let's give him an award😂😂😂 Netanyahu next??

[@politicsuncensored5617]

Joe & Jill Biden are me, me and me. Both Biden's are power mad, both need to resign and retire for the good of the nation. If he refused to resign then congress must use the 25th amendment. 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰~! 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙢